Both teams had an awful passing game. Sylla was terrible when Hodge left the court and she became the main target.
Yeah, Sylla's reception could be off sometimes. But her reception POS% is 52% in her career, which is pretty solid.
Both teams had an awful passing game. Sylla was terrible when Hodge left the court and she became the main target.
Yeah, Sylla's reception could be off sometimes. But her reception POS% is 52% in her career, which is pretty solid.
I tend to always forget about Petric too for some reason lol it's okay. He was in the WCH by the way, he just didn't play much I guess.
He is Serbia's team captain though.
Belogorie also has Petric as their second foreigner.
You are right. He was not the starter in Serbia's NT in WCH. I Kind of ignored him for some reason.
Watched a game of Kazan vs Belogorye. An easy 3:0 win for Kazan. Belogorye is weaker than last season. Perrin is the only foreigner. Ngapeth makes Kazan's defense and reception look better than last season. But his offense is not that good, esp when he's facing double blocks. Butko still struggled with his injury, he only played as substitute in set 2 and 3.
Bartsch needs to step up her game imo, she played poor also in WCH, otherwise I think the better duo is still Picci-Plak. Conegliano is so fun to watch and has a lot of options, I believe they will win Champions League this season...
Piccinini can not play the whole game at her age. Plak and Bartsch are likely starters. The reception is always a problem for Novara. Both Hill and Sylla are good at reception, which is an advantage for Imoco.
stats for the game?
Imoco's tenacity is the bridge to the win. Bartsch and Piccinini did not stand out. Only Egnou can not save Novara. Hill made some great spikes in set 4. Hill, Sylla and Fabris are a solid attacking combo for lmoco. Look forward to seeing lmoco play against ECZ or Vakif in CEV.
How many balls had Bartsch been blocked today?
Even Imoco lost this point (10:16), their defense deserved applause.
Now Novara leads 11:4 in set 3. Hope they won't blow it this time.
I think Wolosz may have an amazing stat of running sets. It's hard for Novara to block her fast ball at both ends. Imoco's offense looks so easy and efficient. Vakif almost lost to lmoco in CEV's semi last season, given that Robin was not even on court at that time.
Looks like Imoco may sweep Novara in an easy 3:0 game...
Novara's reception and attacking are off in first 2 sets. Only relying on Egnou is not enough to beat Imoco.
Lmoco's defense and block outplayed Novara. Now they are in trouble in set 2.
Imoco is one of strongest teams in CEV this year. They're a balanced team with multiple attacking positions and fast play skills.
Imoco won the 1st set by some great blocks. Their defense is amazing as well.
AKA Megan Hodge. She used to play in the US NT but not anymore for whatever reason (Karch). Basically she's a very powerful attacker who has had success all over the world, including in a previous season with Conegliano. She is coming back from an injury so I wasn't sure how she would play, but she seems to be doing well.
OMG, I did not notice Easy is her last name. I definitely knew Megan. She even played one season for Henan which was Zhuting's local team when Zhu was still in China's League.
They have OPP Meryem Boz,OH Hande Baladın,MB Cursty Jackson,OH Charlotte Leys,Libero Gizem Karadayı,OH Cansu Koç etc.as the setters : Çağla Akın and Nursevil Aydınlar
Looks kind of weak. Both Boz and Hande are not stable on attacking.
Imoco's another OH's name is Easy? any more info about her? She's a new face to me.
Poor Galatasary
they are going to face Vakıfbank next time and very likely to lose
they seem to continue to löse
what matters most is to manage to come out as a team off these loses
I did not check Galatasary's roster. Without Gamze, Neslihan, Kosheleva and Jack, I am curious what they have for this season?